Creating a Glog from a PowerPoint Presentation

What to do in PowerPoint
  • Go to Format / Slide Layout and change the layout to a blank slide
  • Insert clip art image(s) onto PowerPoint screen - click on the man with the red hair or red shirt on the bottom toolbar.
  • Add WordArt for title and text boxes for information or other text.
  • Use Auto Shapes / Callouts for thought or speech bubbles
  • Get creative by rotating images or changing background color.
  • When done, go to File / Save As and select your Folder and change the file type to JPEG. You will be asked a question "Do you want to export every slide in the presentation or only the current slide?" Choose "only current slide".
  • You now have your main idea image
Create Your Glog in Glogster
  • Go to http://www.glogster.com/edu and login to your account
  • If this is your first time logging in, upload your avatar
  • Go to Create a Glog
  • Remove the information already there since you will be creating your Glog from scratch
  • Use Image option to upload your main idea image and use it as the wall of your glog. Use the stretch or stretch and fill option to make your image as much of the background as possible. Make sure nothing important is cut off with the stretch or stretch and fill.
  • Add text, graphics, change the wall, etc. to express your idea. Add items to enhance the idea you created in PowerPoint - use arrows to point out key elements, etc.
  • If you want to add a narration message to your Glog, you can use the Sound option and Grab on a computer with a microphone.
Embed Your Glog in the Wiki
  • Find the embed code for your Glog and copy it to your clipboard by selecting it all and pressing CTRL+C or using Edit/Copy
  • Log in to the wik
  • Go to Manage Space and then Pages and find the page on which you should add your Glog and open it.
  • Click on Edit This Page at the top of the page
  • Click on the little TV Screen in the toolbar and then choose Other HTML
  • Paste in the code you copied by right-clicking and selecting paste.
  • Modify the code to change the following: as shown in bold: scale=50" width="480" height="650" (leave the rest of the code just as you pasted it) and then click Save. It's important to make these size changes so your Glog fits within the Wiki.
  • Save your page by scrolling to the bottom and all the way to the right and selecting Save (do not choose Save Draft)